EMT Final Exam Review - Module 3 - Pt. Assessment - Part 2

Which finding would be the least suggestive of the presence of high-energy trauma?

• Dismounted seats

• Steering wheel deformity

• Intrusion into the vehicle

• Deployment of the air bag

Communicating with hearing-impaired patients cannot be facilitated by:

• shining a light on your face when you are in a darkened environment.

• elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation.

• placing yourself in a position to ensure that the patient can see your lips.

• providing pen and paper if the patient prefers to write his/her response.

When you use the palpation method to obtain a blood pressure, the measurement you obtain is the:

• pulse pressure.

• systolic blood pressure.

• diastolic blood pressure.

• cardiac output pressure.

You and your partner are attempting to resuscitate a middle-aged female in cardiac arrest. Because of the remote location you are in, you are unable to contact medical control. What should you do?

• Perform CPR only and initiate immediate transport.

• Make continuous attempts to contact medical control.

• Ask the husband if he wants to continue resuscitation.

• Follow locally established protocols or standing orders.

You could be sued for ___________ if your radio report to the hospital describes the patient in a manner that injures his/her reputation.

• libel

• assault

• slander

• negligence

If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in a crash, the EMT should:

• suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious trauma.

• transport the survivors only if they have injuries or complain of pain.

• allow the survivors to refuse transport if they have no obvious injuries.

• rapidly assess only the survivors who have experienced obvious trauma.

When you begin an oral report, you should state the patient's age and sex, as well as:

• the chief complaint.

• any known allergies.

• past medical history.

• the emergency care given.

Ethnocentrism is defined as:

• understanding that people from different cultural backgrounds respond to pain and stress differently.

• suspecting that a person has an ulterior motive based on the tone of his or her voice when answering a question.

• subconsciously forcing your cultural values onto a patient because you feel that yours are more acceptable.

• considering your own cultural values as more important when interacting with people of a different culture.

When is it most appropriate to consider requesting additional ambulances at an accident scene?

• After you have triaged all the critical patients

• When you determine there are multiple patients

• After noncritical patients have been identified

• When all the deceased patients are accounted for

Which most accurately describes paradoxical movement of the chest wall?

• Multiple rib fractures that cause a marked deformity of the chest wall

• A marked decrease in chest wall movement due to abdominal breathing

• Only one section of the chest rises on inspiration while another area falls

• One side of the chest wall moves opposite the direction of the other